Piciformes

Translingual

Etymology

Picus +‎ -iformes

Proper noun

Piciformes

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – woodpeckers, barbets, toucans, jacamars, puffbirds and honeyguides etc.

Hypernyms

• (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Galbulae, Pici
  • Galbulidae (jacamars), Bucconidae (puffbirds etc) - families in Galbulae; Capitonidae (barbets), Indicatoridae (honeyguides), Ramphastidae (toucans), Picidae (woodpeckers etc), Lybiidae (African barbets), Semnornithidae (prong-billed barbets and toucan barbets) - families in Pici

References

• Piciformes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Piciformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Piciformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Piciformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
• Piciformes at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Piciformes at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI